''Oliveridia'' is a genus of
midges
A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito Nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones. Some midg ...
and consists of two species: ''
O. hugginsi'' and ''
O. tricornis''.
[Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008]
The Animal Diversity Web
(online).
''Oliveridia hugginsi'' Ferrington and
Sæther is known from the
Big Caney River in
Kansas. It commonly emerges in January. This is the southernmost record of a species of the genus ''Oliveridia''.
References
Chironomidae
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